PSAT Writing and Language Question 292: Answer and Explanation

Question: 292

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. gloriously dramatic fashion
• C. dramatic glorious fashion
• D. glorious dramatically fashion

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Difficulty: Hard

Getting to the Answer: The underlined words modify the noun "fashion." Unless one of the adjectives is a defining modifier of the noun (as in the phrase "red dump truck," which could not be written "dump red truck"), two adjectives cannot be placed together without a comma between them, so (A) and (C) are incorrect. Only (B) uses the modifiers correctly, the adverb "gloriously" describing the adjective "dramatic" and the adjective "dramatic" describing the noun "fashion." (D) is incorrect because it uses an adverb, "dramatically," to modify a noun, "fashion."